Another New Year

How great to get to see another new year! It's great waking up on this side of the grass! I was so excited that I got to attend the live "Dancing with the Starts" performance. Tracy was so thoughtful in buying me a ticket. Haleigh and Tracy started watching the television series this past season and "my little" Haleigh (who is growing up so fast) just fell in love with the show. For Christmas, mommy and daddy (I mean Santa Claus) bought Haleigh tickets to the live "Dancing on Stars" performance that was performed at the Scott Trade Center on January 16. Mommy was so thoughtful and bought Gramma Midge and me a ticket to the performance, also. She knew that Gramma Midge and I loved dancing when we were younger, and she knew we would love to experience watching Haleigh have so much fun, too (Haleigh loves dancing, too, and does so well in her dance recitals). I was so excited to get to go, and so happy that I got to see Haleigh enjoy herself so much! Unfortunately, my mom hasn't been doing so well the past few months so she wasn't able to attend; Aunt Linda gladly accepted Tracy's "second choice" invitation to go with us (ha..ha..). As I said, Gramma Midge hasn't been feeling well for awhile. She turned 85 in December 2008 and I've started thinking that she probably won't have too many more "good" days ahead; but who knows? Tomorrow will bring in February. Hopefully, I will start taking more pictures of those beautiful granddaughters to post.

Where Have I Been?

Talk about "time flying"!! I don't know what happened to my time during the last 3 months of 2008. I hope I can remember most of the exciting things that I got to experience during that time frame so my grandkids can read about it when they get older (and hopefully, interested in their gramma's life). Let's see....my memories are: 1) I got to attend one of Willa's soccer practices and soccer games. She looked so cute in her soccer uniform, learning to stop the ball with her foot and without using her hands, and watching her practice her dance moves when she actually participating in the soccer game on the soccer field. She was having so much fun with her friends; 2) I got to attend "Grandparents Day" at Willa's school, SMOS. I had so much fun watching her make a necklace that day, meeting some of her classmates (she is so kind and mannerly....she introduced me to almost every one of the kids in her class), and watching the musical program that the school performed. Each class and/or grade had their own performance. Her pre-K class performance was so cute. She did a great job keeping up with the words in the song and the hand and body language. I was so proud of her; 3) I got to have Willa over for a few "sleep overs". We always have fun building tents with blankets, playing Barbies, playing school (of course, Willa was the teacher and I was the student. I was usually in time-out quite a bit for not obeying), playing with "play dough", watching movies; 4) I got to go with Willa, mommy and daddy, and Babcia to St. Louis Symphony and see the original "Wizard of Oz" movie on a gigantic screen while the symphony played the movie's songs. I had a wonderful time. Willa really enjoyed it, and the music was just fantastic; 5) Of course there was Willa's 4th birthday celebration that I got to experience. The poor little thing wasn't feeling well that day. She was trying so hard to have fun and overcome her "yuccki" feeling, but finally the vomiting "won out"; and 6) I was able to see Haleigh and Hannah over the Christmas holidays, too. I don't get to see them as often as I'd like only because we live about 3 hours away from each other. I'm always surprised at how much they grow in size and maturity when I see them. I was so much fun having them (and mommy and daddy) around for 3 days. It was fun having my whole family together to open presents and play games; Christine, Bill, Willa, Tracy, FJ, Haleigh, Hannah, and Papa Mike. I am positive there are more great memories than I've shared. This is what happens when I wait too long to blog...my memory isn't quite as great as it use to be! However, even if I remembered more events my blog would be way to long to hold the interest of those grandkids! All in all, my life is so full of great moments spent with my grandkids! I'm so lucky and blessed!